It's Been A Long Time!
So I finally decided to take a look at my blog and realized it had been almost a year since my last post....again! I remember very distinctly promising myself that when I posted last time I was going to be faithful about posting at least once a month. It's amazing how time gets away from you.
So we have been busy living our lives out here in New England. It is a much different environment than Colorado. If I didn't know for a fact that this was also part of the United States, there are some days when I would totally believe I was in a foreign country. They even talk different out here! I am going to school now at night for Medical Billing and Coding, which I must say is about as fun as a dentist appointment. Actually it's not too bad, I am flying through my classes with high grades so I guess I shouldn't complain too loudly. We have made a lot of adjustments living out here. Namely the time change from back home.....we go to bed so much later here and we eat dinner really late too which sometimes is really annoying. Jadynn still hasn't adjusted to sleeping in a regular bed and wakes me up in the middle of the night on a regular basis. What I wouldn't give to have a whole week of uninterrupted sleep! And then there is the driving......holy cow you had better watch out! No old lady driving out here....its not about politely merging traffic, you have to maneuver and pray you survive! Everyone is always in a hurry and God forbid the cashier even thinks about cracking a smile when she is checking you out. I think there must be something in the employee handbooks that strictly prohibit smiling at customers because if you do then they might come back and you would have to actually do some more work. The winters are even worse, I think the climate really has an effect on people out here because everyone magically gets very grumpy and don't leave their houses for weeks at a time. Not to mention the fact that in the winter it is dark by 3pm in the afternoon....I HATE that! Give me some sun til at least 5pm please?!?!
Now just as we are getting used to it here we find out that Tom has to start negotiating for new orders at the beginning of the year. We have no idea where we will end up next yet but we will be leaving in October 2011. I am praying we get something on the West coast, Washington state in particular. I had a hilarious dream last night, I dreamed that Tom had changed his rate from corpsman to recruiter and we got orders for Colorado Springs......the heavens opened up and the angels were singing Hallelujah! Anyway the silliest thing (no the heavens opening up wasn't the silliest thing) about the dream was that Tom and I were arguing about which base we would live on. He wanted to live on the Air Force Academy and I wanted to live on Peterson because it was closer to my parents. Then towards the end of the dream we find out we have to live on Fort Carson....talk about going from dream to nightmare in an instant! Anyway it was just a dream so I will leave it at that, besides I have been told that recruiter is the LAST position anyone would want to do. See in my way of thinking Tom would be good at that because he is so good with people and he loves to talk so much. All they would have to do is program him to not say any bad stuff about the Navy.
So as you can see there really was no specific subject or point to this blog other than I am still here and I still love to write so hopefully I will be able to keep up with this a little better. Drop me a comment and let me know what you think of my randomly wandering thoughts! Til then make sure you kiss the ones you love and thank God for our beautiful blessings!
So we have been busy living our lives out here in New England. It is a much different environment than Colorado. If I didn't know for a fact that this was also part of the United States, there are some days when I would totally believe I was in a foreign country. They even talk different out here! I am going to school now at night for Medical Billing and Coding, which I must say is about as fun as a dentist appointment. Actually it's not too bad, I am flying through my classes with high grades so I guess I shouldn't complain too loudly. We have made a lot of adjustments living out here. Namely the time change from back home.....we go to bed so much later here and we eat dinner really late too which sometimes is really annoying. Jadynn still hasn't adjusted to sleeping in a regular bed and wakes me up in the middle of the night on a regular basis. What I wouldn't give to have a whole week of uninterrupted sleep! And then there is the driving......holy cow you had better watch out! No old lady driving out here....its not about politely merging traffic, you have to maneuver and pray you survive! Everyone is always in a hurry and God forbid the cashier even thinks about cracking a smile when she is checking you out. I think there must be something in the employee handbooks that strictly prohibit smiling at customers because if you do then they might come back and you would have to actually do some more work. The winters are even worse, I think the climate really has an effect on people out here because everyone magically gets very grumpy and don't leave their houses for weeks at a time. Not to mention the fact that in the winter it is dark by 3pm in the afternoon....I HATE that! Give me some sun til at least 5pm please?!?!
Now just as we are getting used to it here we find out that Tom has to start negotiating for new orders at the beginning of the year. We have no idea where we will end up next yet but we will be leaving in October 2011. I am praying we get something on the West coast, Washington state in particular. I had a hilarious dream last night, I dreamed that Tom had changed his rate from corpsman to recruiter and we got orders for Colorado Springs......the heavens opened up and the angels were singing Hallelujah! Anyway the silliest thing (no the heavens opening up wasn't the silliest thing) about the dream was that Tom and I were arguing about which base we would live on. He wanted to live on the Air Force Academy and I wanted to live on Peterson because it was closer to my parents. Then towards the end of the dream we find out we have to live on Fort Carson....talk about going from dream to nightmare in an instant! Anyway it was just a dream so I will leave it at that, besides I have been told that recruiter is the LAST position anyone would want to do. See in my way of thinking Tom would be good at that because he is so good with people and he loves to talk so much. All they would have to do is program him to not say any bad stuff about the Navy.
So as you can see there really was no specific subject or point to this blog other than I am still here and I still love to write so hopefully I will be able to keep up with this a little better. Drop me a comment and let me know what you think of my randomly wandering thoughts! Til then make sure you kiss the ones you love and thank God for our beautiful blessings!
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